Dogs are being trained to sniff out coronavirus.
A dog
Medical Detection Dogs are training the animals to smell samples of the virus, in the belief that each disease triggers a distinct odour, which dogs will pick up with their sharp sense of smell.
The charity, based in Milton Keynes, has previously worked with its dogs to detect cancers and Parkinson's disease within patients.
Claire Guest, founder and chief executive of Medical Detection Dogs, thinks the dogs will allow them to screen hundreds of people rapidly, thereby allowing them to know very quickly who needs to be tested and who needs to be isolated.